THE B'NAI 13731TH FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES
CONGRATULATES MICHIGAN'S FORMER RECIPIENTS OF ITS HIGHEST HONOR
FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE AND DEDICATION
TO THE COMMUNITY AND NATION
Poindexter should not have
been free agents."
Nevertheless, he displayed
a strong admiration for North
and argued that congres-
sional investigators "found
very little for all of their trou-
ble."
Rating Republican con-
tenders for the 1988 presiden-
tial nomination by their
friendliness to Israel, the
senator called New York Con-
gressman Jack Kemp "a
great friend of Israel, so is
(Kansas Senator) Bob Dole, by
and large." Vice President
George Bush "is somewhat
untested" in his commitment
to Israel.
Secretary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger is "not an enemy
of Israel," Boschwitz said, but
his coolness to the Jewish
State is offset by the strong
support offered by President
Reagan and Secretary of
State George Shultz.
1970 Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. 1977 William G. Meese*
1978 Alan E. Schwartz
1971 Walker L. Cisler
1978 Hon. Bobby D. Crim
1972 Irwin I. Cohn*
1973 Leonard Woodcock 1979 Edward J. Giblin
1979 Hon. G. Mennen Williams
1974 John J. Riccardo
1975 C. Boyd Stockmeyer 1980 Douglas A. Fraser
1981 Rodkey Craighead
1976 David K. Easlick
1982 John C. McCabe & Stanley S. Winkelman
1983 Roger C. Smith
1984 Bernard M.Fauber & David Handleman
1985 Walter J. McCarthy Jr. & Alice R. McCarthy
1986 Gerald Greenwald & Glenda Greenwald
*DECEASED
1987 Great American Traditions Award
will be presented to
'''"""mmi NEWS
Susan Nine
Doreen Hermelin
Richard Kughn
Potent Painkiller
Jerusalem — A group of
scientists at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem's
Faculty of Medicine has suc-
ceeded in synthesizing a Can-
nabis plant derivative that is
a very potent painkiller while
lacking the undesirable ef-
fects of hashish. This is the
first time that such a separa-
tion of effects has been
achieved.
Preparations made from
Cannabis, such as hashish,
have been known for millenia
to have painkilling proper-
ties. However, such prepara-
tions also have undesirable ef-
fects, mainly on the brain,
causing the well known ef-
fects ("high") of hashish, and
they therefore cannot be used
directly as therapeutic
agents. The new compound,
called HU 211, is expected to
change this.
The head of the group that
prepared the new material,
Prof. Raphael Mechoulam of
the Department of Natural
Products in the Faculty's
School of Pharmacy, notes
that tests performed so far
with the new material have
been on rats, mice and
pigeons only. Tests on human
volunteers will be under-
taken only after the new drug
has been thoroughly tested on
animals and shown to be non-
toxic in them. As derivatives
of Cannabis are generally of
low toxicity, it is not expected
that the new compound will
be toxic.
at a testimonial dinner in their honor
Wednesday, October 28, 1987 at The Westin Hotel
6:00 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Couvert '150 Per Person
Dietary Laws Observed
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General Co-Chairmen
Paul & Marlene Borman
William Davidson
Alan & Marianne Schwartz
Joseph Nederlander
William & Sue Vititoe
D. Larry & Jane Sherman
David L. Bittker
Peter A. Perlman
National
Fundraising Chairman
President, Binai B'rith
Metropolitan Detroit Council
Louis Weber
Honorary Chairman
Dinner Committee
Dinner Committee
Floyd A. Bornstein
Sol
Moss
Dr. Owen Z. Perlman
Nathan D. Rubenstein
For further information, contact the B'nai B'rith Foundation
552-8070
25835 Southfield Road, Southfield, Michigan
Sharon R. Rappoport, Michigan Director
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